David will not be absent from the team's first warm-up game, even though he has been busy working with people from the construction company to determine the plan for the academy base.

The day of the warm-up game was not a good day, with drizzle and mist, which seems to be characteristic of England as well.

Originally, David thought that there would not be many fans coming to the stadium to watch the game in this weather, after all, Notts County has lost a large number of fans because of its long-term involvement in the lower leagues, and it has long lost the hot atmosphere of the year.

But he underestimated the enthusiasm of the fans for the team, especially in this transfer period when the club spent a lot of money to bring in reinforcements, it seems that the passion of the fans has been called back at once, and the Meadow Lane stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 fans, is full, and even the aisles are full of fanatical fans, wearing Notts County black and white jerseys, as if it was a holiday.

Seeing this situation, David hurriedly arranged for the club staff to communicate with the police station, because the warm-up game does not sell tickets for free to watch the game, there are too many fans at the Meadow Lane stadium, and if there is a riot or stampede, then the consequences are unimaginable.

After arranging everything, David can finally sit quietly in the coach's seat and watch the game up close.

Rivals Northampton, who finished 18th in League Two last season, just six points above the relegation zone, have not made a difference in the transfer market this summer, and even several of last season's main players have not been able to retain, and the goal of the new season is still to avoid relegation.

Such an opponent actually does not have much warm-up significance, because the team has just finished physical training, and the technical and tactical training has not started for a few days, so there is no tactical drill at all.

In fact, Loew and David have this in mind, one is to let the players play a game after physical training to find a feeling, and the other is to adapt to the style of English football, especially in the lower leagues, the use of the body is particularly important.

The squad has a large number of foreign players, and if you don't adapt to this style early, you can expect difficulties in the opening stages of the league.

In the first half of the game, Loew lined up the main lineup in his heart, with Diego López sitting in the goal; Grosso, Lescott, Carvalho and Lahm lined up on the back line; Alonso is a single midfielder, Misimovic is in front of Alonso; Andres Iniesta left midfield, Kuyt on the right; The two forwards are Hubnell and Di Natale.

Because it was a warm-up match, the two sides agreed before the game that they could change players at will during the game, so the players would get the opportunity to play.

Ten minutes into the game, David's expression gradually became solemn, and his heart was full of incredulity.

The strength of the opponent Northampton is not strong, and it is only aiming for relegation in League Two every year, David originally configured the team, and today's game will be a one-sided massacre, bloody kind.

But the opening ten minutes of the game left him dumbfounded, because the picture he imagined did not appear, but Notts County was suppressed by the opponent.

The players lacked tacit understanding and the tactical system was not familiar, and the team, which had only been training for less than a month, looked very uncomfortable in front of Northampton.

Well, David admits that he is a little impetuous, football has its own rules, it does not mean that you can achieve outstanding results by relying on a group of outstanding players, the team's tactical system has not yet been formed, and you really can't expect to reach the sky in one step.

Relieved, David began to observe the players' performance.

The best player on the field is undoubtedly the defensive defender Merreles, who partnered with Alonso to restrain his attacking ** and single-mindedly make a wide range of interceptions in the midfield, because of the opponent's suppression, on the contrary, he became the most active person on the field.

However, after 15 minutes of the game, holding on to the opponent's ferocious opening attack, Notts County began to organise a decent attack, and although it still couldn't form much foot passing, at least it was much better than a completely passive defence.

In the final moments of the second half, centre-forward Hubnell received a diagonal cross from Lahm from a 45-degree angle on the right flank and scrambled to open the scoring for Northampton.

It may not have much tactical value and is more dependent on the individual quality of the players, but it was also a good start, ahead of the opponents, and everyone is very happy.

However, in the second half, the team ran into trouble again, Loew changed half of the main lineup at the beginning of the second half, and at 70 minutes, he replaced half of the main team, and it became a substitute lineup to play with the opponent, which also caused the team to lose the initiative again, and was scored by the opponent in the final moments to equalize the goal.

The players were frustrated not to win the game, no way, who wouldn't want to perform well in front of the fans, you know, the Notts County fans in the stands were cheering for the team until the end.

However, David is very open-minded, the victory or defeat of his own game does not matter, as long as the set goal is achieved, and Loew will not pay attention to the warm-up game, he has a clear idea of how to train the team.

After the warm-up game, the team will regroup for London after a day off, where Notts County will train for the next two weeks, as well as two warm-up games against London teams.

The best hotels and training grounds have been arranged in advance, and where will Notts County, who have shown the temperament of an upstart all summer, be harsh on their players in terms of logistics.

David is well aware that these two weeks of tactical training are very important, or rather, directly related to Notts County's results this season, and if the team's technical and tactical system is not formed by the start of the season, it will be difficult to cope with the league.

However, David did not accompany the team in London, because he was still busy planning the construction of the academy base.

The Notts County Club has no talent, most of the things have to be checked by him personally, while busy, he feels that he should find a good vice president for the club, at least in his opinion, his unreliable chairman can only rely on the grasp of the future trend to make decisions in the general direction, and some specific issues, need to be handed over to a professional to deal with.

It's not easy to find such talent, though, and the key problem is that a second-division club in Notts County simply doesn't have much traction.

Thinking of this, David can only regretfully put this matter aside for the first time, and wait until the day when Notts County is promoted to the Premier League to recruit the right talent.